MR LYONS' HEALTH
ENGLISH WRITER'S STORY retirement' suggested LONDON, Dec. 21 The Columnist of the Manchester Guardian states that the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. J. A. Lyons, is really so ill that he must soon retire. "Only the struggle for his position is persuading him to remain in office," the correspondent adds. "While Mr. Menzies is more likely than Mr. Casey or Mr. Stevens, it is possible that Mr. Bruce is Mr. Lyons' most likely successor. "Mr. Bruce would bo welcome to the United Australia Party, but the Australian public might take a different view." DENIAL OF ILLNESS THE REPORT SCOUTED CANBERRA, Dec. 22 The idea that Mr. Lyons' health is so bad that it may cause his immediate resignation is scouted in political circles. While it is known that he has suffered severely from the strain of events in recent months and is about to take a rest at his home in .Tasmania, there is 110 suggestion that he is ill.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23231, 28 December 1938, Page 11
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